Thread: Reel foot Don't go !!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Frank Cecil

Ok again what is your complaint. 7 people for 7 days tha tis 71.4 fish per person for 7 days or 7 fish per day. Now ask the what it cost each person for the trip. Again with out the out of staters where would the money come from to operate on.

Frank, I'm an out of stater and just went to the Reelfoot camp.Drove 500 miles. Spent some money. Bought a license. Did not catch a fish. Did not even try. But loved the lake anyway. By the way, I think 500 fish for 7 guys for 7 days averages 10.2 per person per day. Not trying to correct you to be a smart alec, just getting the number right . I agree, that is not overfishing. That is just good fishing. Congrats.

T county...go back and whine on your Sardis thread and leave these fine people alone...or I'm gonna start posting pics again of every fish I catch...people's sick of you running yo chops

Originally Posted by joekiller

T county...go back and whine on your Sardis thread and leave these fine people alone...or I'm gonna start posting pics again of every fish I catch...people's sick of you running yo chops

No lol

I grew up on Weiss Lake in AL and that lake was awesome up until it caught on with out-of-towners...mostly from Kentucky. My dad and I could always catch a cooler full in the early 80s, but the totals started dwindling soon after the yankees (dad's term for them) started flocking to the lake in the hundreds.

They would come down in droves, catch a limit, take them back to their hotel, and then do it all over again. I'm not trying to start a fight here, but it seems that 'out of towners' think spending money is a huge deal and gives them every right to come in a pillage a lake. The typical resident of any given lake community will never see any benefits from dollars spent fishing...and any slight benefit (a few extra seasonal waitress jobs, etc.) will never outweigh the damage droves of fishermen (usually yankees) can do to local fisheries.

Now I live just west of Nashville, TN and see the same scenario being played out at Reelfoot and KY Lake. If you want to find any person who is from Indiana or Illinois on any given day, there's a good chance you can find them on Reelfoot. Many of these folks are truly terrible fishermen (confusing drum for crappie, etc), so they aren't all bad due their poor 'creel abilities', but anyone who says out-of-state fishermen don't have a negative impact on the overall fishery quality of Reelfoot - or any other lake they flock to - is lying to themselves.

Grenada Lake in MS will be the next lake to decline due to out of towners...book it.

Ya know, Reelfoot, like ALL the other lakes mentioned here is a PUBLIC LAKE. Buy the license and go fish. The state of Tennessee encourages it's residents AND ANYONE FROM ANY OTHER STATE to do so.

We do the same here in Missouri. Take a drive and wet a line in Truman Lake, Stockton, Table Rock, Pomme de Terre, Smithville, you'll be welcome... long as you mind your manners.

These are some of the folks that appreciate me spending my money there multiple times a year.
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Should of been there last week.

Out of staters, come git "em. Need tax muny to pave the road out front me house.